KANSANSHI Mine in Solwezi in the North-Western Province has been forced to look for alternative sources of water for its operations because of insufficient water from its tailing dam caused by the hot dry season.

A Katsina based engineer, Mr. Aliyu Mohammed, has commended the planned injection of $18m by the management of DANA steel company which he said demonstrated seriousness in resuscitating the moribund Katsina Steel Rolling Mill.

The Chiadzwa diamond fields in Marange, Manicaland province are still off-limits for journalists working in the country.

The lingering crisis of nonpayment of salaries to the workers of Ajaokuta Steel Company for an upward of 13 months, has claimed the lives of two mobile policemen drafted to quell the protest, including a civilian. Scores of people also